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(1970,1988,1990: When you were growing up) Did he/your father (1988,1992: or stepfather) think of himself mostly as a Democrat, as a Republican, or what?
Party identification of respondent's father · Asked in 11 waves, 1952–1992 · 20,682 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Kept and flagged: 0 (other_missing), 9 (dk). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: Prior to 1972, code 2 was a volunteered code only. 1972 NOTE: If R’s response to the question corresponding to VCF0308 (father’s interest in politics) was DK or NA, then this question was not asked. 1988 NOTE: DK was combined with ‘other’ codes (code 4).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Democrat | Independent (some years also: shifted around) | Republican | Other; minor party; apolitical; never voted, didn’t get into politics; parents refused to say; DK (1988 only); father not a U.S. citizen |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V926243. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,255 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V881115. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 1,775 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800355. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,609 |
| ANES 1978 Time Series Study Source variable: V780439. | 1978-11-08 to 1979-01-25 | face to face | 2,304 | 2,304 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763202. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 2,235 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720153. | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 2,654 |
| ANES 1970 Time Series Study Source variable: V700192(type 0). | 1970-11-04 to 1971-01-13 | face to face | 1,507 | 1,507 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 54% | 13% | 29% | 4% | 2255 | ±2 | |
| Northeast | 51% | 16% | 27% | 5% | 412 | ±5 | |
| Midwest | 52% | 12% | 34% | 2% | 625 | ±4 | |
| South | 60% | 14% | 23% | 3% | 793 | ±3 | |
| West | 50% | 10% | 35% | 5% | 425 | ±5 |
ANES 1992 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ living in households in the contiguous 48 states. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| ANES 1968 Time Series Study Source variable: V680124. |
| 1968-09-06 to 1969-01-28 |
| face to face |
| 1,557 |
| 1,545 |
| ANES 1964 Time Series Study Source variable: V640151. | 1964-09-07 to 1965-02-01 | face to face | 1,571 | 1,558 |
| ANES 1958 Time Series Study Source variable: V580069. | 1958-11-05 to 1958-12-25 | face to face | 1,450 | 1,450 |
| ANES 1952 Time Series Study Source variable: V520068. | 1952-09-15 | face to face | 1,899 | 1,790 |